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P.T. 巴纳姆:奋斗与胜利·补录 231

P.T. 巴纳姆《奋斗与胜利》· Struggles and Triumphs · 领导

While in the showmen’s vans seeking for acquisitions to my Museum in America, I was struck with the tall appearance of a couple of females who exhibited as the “Canadian giantesses, each seven feet in height.” Suspecting that a cheat was hidden under their unfashionably long dresses, which reached to the floor and thus rendered their feet invisible, I attempted to solve the mystery by raising a foot or two of the superfluous covering. The strapping young lady, not relishing such liberties from a stranger, laid me flat upon the floor with a blow from her brawny hand. I was on my feet again in tolerably quick time, but not until I had discovered that she stood upon a pedestal at least eighteen inches high.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50115
定位:Additional excerpt 231 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

巴纳姆在寻找博物馆展品时,看到两个号称“加拿大女巨人”的女子,身高七英尺。他怀疑她们的长裙盖住脚是在作弊,就掀起裙摆想验证。结果被其中一位壮硕的女子一拳打倒在地。他很快爬起来,但发现她站在至少十八英寸高的台子上。核心是:眼见不一定为实,但揭穿骗局要讲究方法。巴纳姆的教训是,直接动手检查可能招致反击。今天遇到可疑宣传,先观察、询问,或找第三方验证,别贸然侵犯他人。

上下文

巴纳姆是美国19世纪著名马戏团老板,以夸张宣传闻名。这段出自他的自传,讲述他早年寻找奇人异事展品的经历。

今日一问

当你怀疑某个宣传有假时,你会先冷静观察还是直接戳穿?

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